SAXIFRAGACEAE
Saxifrage family
Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons Subclass Asteridae Order Gentianales Family Apocynaceae – Dogbane family KingdomPlantae – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants SubkingdomViridiplantae – green plants InfrakingdomStreptophyta – land plants SuperdivisionEmbryophyta DivisionTracheophyta – vascular plants, tracheophytes SubdivisionSpermatophytina – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames ClassMagnoliopsida SuperorderSaxifraganae OrderSaxifragales FamilySaxifragaceae – saxifrages, saxifragacées
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apo (Gr) = away
cyn (Gr) = dog |
dog = dog
bane = (archaic) something typically poisonous. |
So-named because said to be poisonous to dogs
Arrow poisons are obtained from many plants in the dogbane family
CAUTION: Most parts of many members of this plant family are POISONOUS